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Two famous Canadians have heard a man's plea to protect Nova Scotian health-care workers like his wife who was killed in a murderous rampage.

CALGARY — An organization that works with immigrants says the temporary closure of a large slaughterhouse in southern Alberta has left many among its largely Filipino workforce fearful for the future.

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An online vigil honouring the 22 people who died in a tragic rampage began Friday with a fiddle performance from the massacre's youngest victim and ended with a montage of the victims' faces while "Amazing Grace" played on bagpipes.

TORONTO — Dozens more deaths in long-term care homes were reported Friday as new figures indicated the extent of the economic dislocation caused by isolation measures aimed at mitigating the spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 virus.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:42 p.m. on April 24, 2020: There are 43,888 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7 p.m. Thirty-five workers at the United Poultry plant in Vancouver have now tested positive for COVID-19.

WASHINGTON — The United States has cleared the way for its long-awaited trade agreement with Canada and Mexico to go into effect July 1. The U.S.

PORTAPIQUE, N.S. — The victims in one of Canada's worst mass killings include an RCMP officer, a teacher, two nurses, neighbours of the shooter and two correctional officers killed in their home.

Police in Nova Scotia issued the all-clear on Friday evening, hours after a warning about possible shootings in several Halifax suburbs rattled the fragile nerves of a wounded province.